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Mikoyan
Formerly
  • OKB-155
  • Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau
Company typeDivision
IndustryAerospace manufactureranddefense
Founded8 December 1939;84 years ago(1939-12-08)
Founders
Fatemerged intoUnited Aircraft Corporation
Headquarters
Leningradsky Prospekt,Moscow
,
Russia
ProductsMilitary aircraft
Civil airliners
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Revenue$1.37 billion[1](2017)
$27 million[1](2017)
$8.59 million[1](2017)
Total assets$3.58 billion[1](2017)
Total equity−$302 million[1](2017)
Number of employees
10,090 (2013)Edit this on Wikidata
ParentUnited Aircraft Corporation
Websitewww.migavia.ru
Various MiG fighter aircraft, fromMiG-31toMiG-9atCentral Air Force Museum Monino

Russian Aircraft Corporation"MiG"(Russian:Российская самолётостроительная корпорация „МиГ “,romanized:Rossiyskaya samolyotostroitel'naya korporatsiya "MiG"),[2]commonly known asMikoyanandMiG,is a Russianaerospaceanddefencecompany headquartered inBegovoy District,Moscow.[3]

Mikoyan was successor to theSovietMikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau(Микоя́н и Гуре́вич, МиГ;OKB-155design office prefixMiG) founded in 1939 by aircraft designersArtem MikoyanandMikhail Gurevich.Mikoyan were notable for theirfighterandinterceptoraircraft which became a staple of theSoviet Air ForceandRussian Air Forces,nations within theSoviet sphere of influence,and other nations such asIndiaand manyArabstates. Mikoyan aircraft were frequently used in aerial confrontations with American and allied forces during and since theCold War,and have become commonly featuredaircraft in popular culture.Mikoyan aircraft were themost produced jet fighter family.

In 2006, Mikoyan became adivisionof theUnited Aircraft Corporationin a merger withIlyushin,Irkut,Sukhoi,Tupolev,andYakovlevby decree of the Russian PresidentVladimir Putin.[4]

History

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See also:Moscow Aircraft Production Association

Mikoyan was established on 8 December 1939 as the Pilot Design Department of theAviation Plant #1and headed byArtem MikoyanandMikhail Gurevich.It was later renamed "Experimental Design Bureau named after A.I. Mikoyan" otherwise known as the Mikoyan Design Bureau or Mikoyan OKB.[5]In 1964 Gurevich retired, and Mikoyan died in 1970. He was succeeded byRostislav A. Belyakov,and in 1978 the enterprise was named after Mikoyan.[6]

In 1995, Mikoyan OKB was merged with two production facilities to form theMoscow Aviation Production Association"MiG" (MAPO-MiG).[5]In the 1990s MiG began developingMikoyan Project 1.44,afifth-generation jet fighter,but the project was hampered by a lack of funding and was eventually canceled.[7]

In December 1999,Nikolai Nikitinwas appointed the corporation's General Director and General Designer. Nikitin focused most of the company's resources on the development of theTu-334passenger aircraft at the expense of military programs.[5]This prompted the resignation in December 1999 of many of its leading military aircraft designers, including the chief designers and their deputies for theMiG-29andMiG-31programs.[5]

Nikitin was replaced by Valery Toryanin in November 2003, who was in turn replaced by Alexey Fedorov in September 2004.[8]In 2006, the Russian government merged 100% of Mikoyan shares withIlyushin,Irkut,Sukhoi,Tupolev,andYakovlevas a new company namedUnited Aircraft Corporation.[4]Specifically, Mikoyan and Sukhoi were placed within the same operating unit.[9]

MiG failed to win any major aircraft tenders in the post-Soviet era, falling behind its Russian rivalSukhoi.[10]According to press reports, the company was shedding hundreds of employees in late 2017 due to a shortage of orders.

As of 2015 the company's business offering consists mostly of modernized MiG-29 aircraft.[10]MiG was developing a 4++ fighter, theMiG-35,with the first deliveries expected in late 2019. Mikoyan is set to fly thePAK DPaka MiG-41 their first stealth interceptor in 2025.[11][12]

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Activity

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The company specializes in the production of military aircraft. The Russian government has issued licenses to RSC MiG for the development, production and technical support of civil and military aviation equipment.

The total volume of production of MiG brand aircraft by domestic aircraft factories is about 47 thousand copies, and taking into account licensed production — about 62 thousand copies. The volume of production of cruise missiles developed at the Design Bureau and its branch at plant No. 256 (now JSC GosMKB Raduga named after A. Ya. Bereznyak) amounted to more than 12 thousand copies.

The company's revenue in 2009 amounted to 24.4 billion rubles. The company's order book reached $6.8 billion in April 2010.[13]

In 2014, JSC RSC MiG was named the winner of the third competition "Aircraft Manufacturer of the Year" in two nominations: "For the creation of a new scientific model of a physical phenomenon or technological process" and "For successes in the development of aviation equipment and components" (OKB of the year).[14]

Since June 1, 2022, it has been part of the association of PJSC UAC JSC RSK MiG, as well as JSC Sukhoi Company.[15]

See also

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References

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  3. ^"ContactsArchived2011-09-21 at theWayback Machine."Mikoyan. Retrieved on 30 August 2011." Russian Aircraft Corporation "MiG" 125284, Russian Federation, Moscow, 1-st Botkinsky drive, 7 "–Address in RussianArchived2011-08-28 at theWayback Machine:"125284, Российская Федерация, Москва, 1-й Боткинский проезд, д.7"
  4. ^abKramer, Andrew E. (22 February 2006)."Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger".The New York Times.Archivedfrom the original on 9 June 2016.Retrieved16 December2017.
  5. ^abcd"Russian Fighter Aircraft Industrial Base: Parallels with the United States?"(PDF).Congressional Research Service. 8 November 2000.Archived(PDF)from the original on 29 August 2017.Retrieved15 December2017.Public DomainThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
  6. ^"MiG - Russian design bureau".Encyclopedia Britannica.Archivedfrom the original on 10 March 2018.Retrieved16 December2017.
  7. ^Dowling, Stephen."Rostislav Belyakov: The man behind the MiGs".BBC Future.Archivedfrom the original on 20 December 2017.Retrieved16 December2017.
  8. ^"The State of the Russian Aviation Industry and Export Opportunities"(PDF).Conflict Studies Research Centre.Archived(PDF)from the original on 16 December 2017.Retrieved16 December2017.
  9. ^"Ares".www.aviationweek.com.Archivedfrom the original on 21 March 2010.
  10. ^ab"Russia's Once-Mighty Fighter Jet Firm MiG Struggling as Rivals Make Gains".The Moscow Times.2 July 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 24 March 2017.Retrieved16 December2017.
  11. ^"Everything We Know About Russia's Futuristic MiG-41 Fighter Jet".18 April 2023.
  12. ^"The High-Speed Russian Fighter Jet That May Jump the SR-71 Blackbird as Fastest Plane".10 March 2023.
  13. ^"РСК" МиГ "возобновит крупносерийное производство истребителей" МиГ-29 "".Ведомости(in Russian). 14 April 2010.Retrieved7 June2024.
  14. ^"Нашлемная система ОКБ Микояна для летчиков победила в конкурсе" Авиастроитель года "- ТАСС".TACC(in Russian).Retrieved7 June2024.
  15. ^Новости, Р. И. А. (1 June 2022)."ОАК," Сухой "и" МиГ "объединили в одну компанию".РИА Новости(in Russian).Retrieved7 June2024.
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